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[grits] / grɪts /




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Ms. Lakshmi serves it on a bed of traditional Southern cheesy grits and suggests chowchow pickles, an old-time relish, as a side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

He loves incorporating greens and, as a Southerner, grits.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

During the festival, food available on site includes crawfish bread, pecan catfish meuniere and catfish almondine, cochon de lait and turducken po-boys, boudin, crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, crawfish Monica and shrimp and grits.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

He married those influences with a deep love for South Carolina Lowcountry cuisine like shrimp and grits, fried fish and hoppin’ John.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024

He grits his teeth and squints like he’s taking a painful crap, then says, “Two cases,” and I know that I’ve won.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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